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FOCUS FORUM on VETERANS

7:30 a.m. Dec. 7, 2018

FOCUS Greater Syracuse was back at the atrium of City Hall Commons at 7:30 a.m. on Friday Dec. 7, 2018, for a free public forum with veterans service groups. Participants in the free forum learned about services provided and volunteer opportunities and shared their knowledge and networks over morning coffee.

You can find a list of contacts for these organizations and many more and some of the presentations HERE.

FORUM with

ONONDAGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE

Turnout was great for the Nov. 13 Forum with Onondaga County Executive J. Ryan McMahon II in the Performing Arts Centre of Academic II at Onondaga Community College. FOCUS Greater Syracuse and Leadership Greater Syracuse coordinated and moderated the event.

McMahon discussed his top priorities including poverty, aging infrastructure and economic development and took questions from the audience.

SESSION 2 – PAST PROGRAMS

The second Forum of the series covered the challenges in maintaining and growing businesses and community wealth and the tools they can use to compete in the marketplace. The session will tackle “self-inflicted” obstacles to success.

PROGRAM SPEAKERS WERE…

Andrew Fish, Senior VP for Business Development at CenterState CEO

Nora Spillane, Syracuse Deputy Commissioner Dept. of Business Development

Laura Miller, General Manager, Darco Manufacturing, Inc.

Joe Russo, Economic Development Program Manager, National Grid

PAST PROGRAMS

The series began Thursday Sept. 27 with three forums featuring national site-selection experts Chris Steele and Jim Damicis at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, the NEW!New York State Fairgrounds Exposition Center; and at the South Side Innovation Center.

The first FOCUS Forum of the month was Sept. 13 at La Casita Cultural Center, with Westside residents talking about the community-building efforts of Take Back The Streets and the Peacemaking Project.

The August FOCUS Forum was on Onondaga Lake

Onondaga County Director of Environmental Protection Travis Glazier and Honeywell Project Director John McAuliffe offered an update on the lake and surrounding projects. FOCUS presented some highlights from the 2017 community survey about Onondaga Lake waters. This Forum included great views of the lake from the Skydeck at Destiny USA.

Dr. Selby’s visit is the result of years of work by the CNY-CAN collaboration of FOCUS Greater Syracuse, SUNY Upstate Medical University’s Division of Geriatrics – now Department of Geriatrics, Southwest Community Center, and HealtheConnections. CNY-CAN has been bringing together patients and caregivers with health professionals to share their experiences and identify the kinds of research needed to meet patient needs.

To learn more about CNY-CAN CLICK HERE. Note that Dr. Selby also was the featured speaker at the Grand Rounds at SUNY Upstate Medical University Thursday June 14 at Weiskotten Hall. You can hear an interview with the doctors at HEALTHLINK.

We thank PCORI, Loretto and the Health Foundation of Western & Central New York and SUNY Upstate Medical University for helping to make this visit possible.